On June 15th we headed north in the Promaster on what would be a four month Solo trip leaving the Chevy in southern Nevada. During the drive north, on a lonely 2 lane Nevada highway, we had what we are calling our Turkey Vulture episode. Cari was driving the Promaster at the speed limit when…
Tag: VanLife
highlights of our 2010 Chevy Express AWD & 2017 RAM Promaster builds we utilized during a two year period as our “Home” on wheels as we explored the west after retiring in fall of 2018.
Overland Expo and beyond
The idea of attending the Overland Expo in Flagstaff Arizona has been on Cari’s and my bucket list for a decade, and in May of 2019 we found ourselves with our daughter exploring the Expo during its tenth anniversary. Cari and I contacted Rochelle, currently living in Phoenix who is all about overland rigs and…
Connected? NOT!
Most in this lifestyle take being connected to family, friends, or employers like breathing… Well over the last five months of finding ourselves deep in a forest or up a beautiful mountain, and i’ve been turning purple holding my breath for the next dose of connectivity. I would get that dose once back in a…
Exploring the neighborhood
For any who have read along you are aware we call Pahrump Nevada our “home base”. We have an acre of land with a well, septic, and pad that we will develop further, though with our bent on exploring and travel we typically only visit during March/April and September/October. One of the things that attracted…
Phoenix to Quartzsite
As I post it has been 166 days on solar power in our 2vanConvoy. This post will cover our time spent in the Phoenix area with our daughter from the Christmas holiday then onto three large group gatherings of fellow RV travelers. It was a busy, enjoyable month, and we are ready for some alone…
Pahrump NV south to Vicksburg AZ
As I type Cari & I’ve been retired for 3 months, and it seems like a lifetime ago!Gone are the alarm clocks and early rise of a workday, vegging out in front of a wall sized TV to de-stress after a day’s work. In fact we have not watched any TV or movies except for…
Lovell Canyon NV 2018
A couple weeks ago Cari and I drove both vans to Las Vegas to get anti-theft Revelco units installed in both vans. The 3 hour install was successful and we headed to a Natural Grocers in town to stock up on some not-found-in Pahrump items (for those who haven’t followed to date we are now…
Reno to Pahrump Nevada
This post will summarize a week’s worth of our journey that began as we left Astoria Oregon as mentioned in the prior two posts.As mentioned in the last post the plan was to spend a few nights at Cari’s folks house in Reno which we did. The next leg would take us from Reno south…
Mt. Ashland OR to Burney Falls CA
This post shares highlights of the second leg of our trip south from Astoria Oregon to Pahrump Nevada. We took a few minutes enjoying the morning sounds and sights at the Forestry Camp we stayed at and headed toward i5 Southbound to California border. We would take the Mt. Lassen Volcanic Scenic Highway east toward…